As the Australian Bureau of Statistics tabulates votes on the marriage equality vote, turnout is higher than expected.

Over 10.8 million ballots regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage were received by the Australian government as of Friday, reports SBS.

The survey — simply a mail-in response to the question, “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?” — is non-binding. Many have criticized the process as a "glorified opinion poll," with no political consequence. Regardless, the majority of the nation has taken an interest.

Opponents of same-sex marriage have sent out numerous homophobic and misleading robocalls from Ted Cruz's pollster and held a Straight Lives Matter demonstration, which took place at a memorial for LGBT Holocaust victims.